odd bug on my sunflowers helping or hurting?

odd bug on my sunflowers helping or hurting?

Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:27 am

Since I've been able to make out seeds on my sunflowers I've noticed these bugs crawling all over them. I haven't noticed any harm done to them but I'm scared they are eating my seeds from the inside..I have noticed that the tiny seed "flowers" are gone after they move on to the next flower...not really sure what they are and I've never had a problem with these kind of bugs before. If they are bad I can go ahead and cut the heads off for them to dry in a storage shed but I didn't want to do that unless necessary. Anyone have any idea?

I can't see them terrifically well, since I'm working from my iPhone, but as near as I can tell, they are leaf-footed stink bugs. Not a gardener's friend, I'm afraid. You might want to confirm that on Google, though.

"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" - Douglas Adams